Hi, sorry, I don't have an Lj account, but happened to find you through a link (from a link...from a link...).
My sympathies go out to anyone reeling from a less-than-complimentary review. That's never any fun. I haven't read Mr. Butler's work, but if I understand correctly, it's the nature of the particular Green Man review he's unhappy with, and not necessarily that the reviewer didn't seem to like his book?
I really like The Green Man Review, though I don't read everything there. I notice David Brin's YA Sky Horizon was reviewed in the same issue as Death of a Ghost, and THAT review was quoted on the home page of Subterranean Press (by them). It doesn't seem fair to state that The Green Man staff treats YA as unimportant. In fact, Miss Owen (the same teenage review-staff member who reviewed Death of a Ghost) gives a good review of Orson Scott Card's Space Boy in the same issue (also a YA?).
Many of us write YA, and I actually think it's interesting (refreshing, even?) that The Green Man has accepted a review staffer who IS from the target audience for many of our works.
Again, I sympathize w/ Mr. Butler. Perhaps several friends who have enjoyed the book might post favourable reviews, instead of getting hung up on this one which didn't work out? It seems that flaming an entire site--which has (from a reader's viewpoint) provided some excellent info over the years on a vast number of great bits of literature and music--isn't good for anybody.
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sorry, I don't have an Lj account, but happened to find you through a link (from a link...from a link...).
My sympathies go out to anyone reeling from a less-than-complimentary review. That's never any fun. I haven't read Mr. Butler's work, but if I understand correctly, it's the nature of the particular Green Man review he's unhappy with, and not necessarily that the reviewer didn't seem to like his book?
I really like The Green Man Review, though I don't read everything there. I notice David Brin's YA Sky Horizon was reviewed in the same issue as Death of a Ghost, and THAT review was quoted on the home page of Subterranean Press (by them). It doesn't seem fair to state that The Green Man staff treats YA as unimportant. In fact, Miss Owen (the same teenage review-staff member who reviewed Death of a Ghost) gives a good review of Orson Scott Card's Space Boy in the same issue (also a YA?).
Many of us write YA, and I actually think it's interesting (refreshing, even?) that The Green Man has accepted a review staffer who IS from the target audience for many of our works.
Again, I sympathize w/ Mr. Butler. Perhaps several friends who have enjoyed the book might post favourable reviews, instead of getting hung up on this one which didn't work out? It seems that flaming an entire site--which has (from a reader's viewpoint) provided some excellent info over the years on a vast number of great bits of literature and music--isn't good for anybody.
Just my thoughts.
--Ima F.